diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 678bf42..bcad7bb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 pbr<2.0,>=1.4
-alembic>=0.7.2
+alembic>=0.8.0
 Babel>=1.3
 iso8601>=0.1.9
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0